Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2003 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
| Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Greylag Goose Anser anser |
LC |
passage (1991–1999) |
920 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula |
LC |
passage (1997) |
3,000 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Gadwall Mareca strepera |
LC |
passage (1991–1996) |
800–2,800 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope |
LC |
passage (1997) |
20,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus |
VU |
breeding (1991–1999) |
3–10 pairs |
C6 |
| Common Crane Grus grus |
LC |
passage (1994) |
1,100 birds |
B1i, C2 |
| Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris |
LC |
breeding (1991–1999) |
10–20 pairs |
C6 |
| Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus |
LC |
breeding (1991–1999) |
10–20 pairs |
C6 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
passage (1997) |
20,000-49,999 birds |
A4iii, C4 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1937 |
Linnulaht |
Nature Reserve (-) |
4 |
| 1959 |
Loode tammik |
Nature Reserve (-) |
1 |
| 1965 |
Loodenina rand |
Nature Reserve (-) |
2 |
| 1990 |
West Estonian Archipelago
|
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA) |
100
|
| 2007 |
Mullutu-Loode hoiuala
|
Hoiuala (VI) |
73 |
| 2007 |
Kuressaare lahe hoiuala
|
Hoiuala (VI) |
11 |
| 2007 |
Mullutu-Loode hoiuala |
Limited Management Zone (-) |
73 |
| 2007 |
Kuressaare lahe hoiuala |
Limited Management Zone (-) |
11 |
| 2010 |
Nasva püsielupaik |
Species Protection Site (-) |
<1 |
| 2010 |
Mullutu püsielupaik |
Species Protection Site (-) |
<1 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Wetlands (inland) |
51 |
Water fringe vegetation; Standing freshwater |
| Forest |
19 |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Mixed woodland; Native coniferous woodland |
| Marine Neritic |
12 |
|
| Shrubland |
10 |
|
| Grassland |
8 |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| nature conservation and research |
96 |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
25 |
| forestry |
20 |
| agriculture |
10 |
| hunting |
- |
| tourism/recreation |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mullutu (Estonia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mullutu-iba-estonia on 23/12/2024.
